Re: [PATCH] Unbreak program transformation name `configure' options

Maciej W. Rozycki
2012-04-27T15:46:43Z

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Pedro Alves wrote:

> It indeed removed AC_ARG_PROGRAM. It also does this though:
>
> -AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(`cd $srcdir;pwd`/..)
> +AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(..)
>
> I wonder if we need to restore that bit as well.

I built out of the source directory so perhaps not? This looks weird to
me, autoconf should handle that just fine:

"-- Macro: AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR (DIR)
Use the auxiliary build tools (e.g., `install-sh', `config.sub',
`config.guess', Cygnus `configure', Automake and Libtool scripts,
etc.) that are in directory DIR. These are auxiliary files used
in configuration. DIR can be either absolute or relative to
`SRCDIR'. The default is `SRCDIR' or `SRCDIR/..' or
`SRCDIR/../..', whichever is the first that contains `install-sh'."

-- perhaps this was a left-over from times when autoconf was more fragile?
I bet we have more places where we have some work-around logic left from
the old days.

Maciej